Chain-hook



W. STRAW.

Whiffietree-Hook.

No. 11,306. Patented July n, 1854.

77237154 5 3 Inmniaz' N- FEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRIFHER, WASHINGTON. D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS STRAW, OF DALTON, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

CHAIN-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,306, dated July 11, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIs STRAW, of Dalton, in the county of Coos and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Chain-Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my inventionconsists in attaching to a chain hook of ordinary shape (see letter A on the drawings) at the eye end of the same (see letter B) by means of a toggle joint and rivet (and for certain uses, a screw) (see C and D) an iron guard, (see letter F,) one end of which (see letter E) is attachedto the chain by means of the link passing through an eye in the end of the guard (see letter G) and the other end of the guard having an eye (see letter just fitted to the point of the hook (see letter I) shuts doWn over the point of the hook upon any draft being applied to the chain, thereby strengthening the hook preventing it from catching, unhooking, and injuring cattle.

What I claim as my invention and desir to secure by Letters Patentis The iron guard and the manner of attaching it to the .hook.

-WILLIS STRAWV. In presence of- JoI-IN FARR, WILLIAM J. BELLoWs. 

